Exam question 2 · Andersen, Something, part 199: the critic reaches heaven's…

For what purpose did the elderly woman ignite her bedding?

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 1 · right ✓ · Who acts: elderly woman · What happens: ignite · To what, where: bedding

This is exam question 2 of lesson 988 «Andersen, Something, part 199: the critic reaches heaven's gate, and old Margaret's burning bed saves the skaters» of the books course of Mova's primary school, asked in stiff, formal language. The page gives the question's syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause, then the 4 options as the student saw them, each with its tree and pragmatics. Every text is parsed by Mova itself. How the student answered it, with the score of every option and why: the test at school.

The question

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	For	for	ADP	_	2 what	case
2	what	what	PRON	PronType=Int	8 ignite	obl
3	purpose	purpose	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 what	nsubj
4	did	do	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	8 ignite	aux
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 woman	det
6	elderly	elderly	ADJ	Degree=Pos	7 woman	amod
7	woman	woman	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 ignite	nsubj
8	ignite	ignite	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
9	her	her	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	10 bedding	nmod:poss
10	bedding	bedding	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 ignite	obj
11	?	?	PUNCT	_	8 ignite	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	ignite	past · do-support	the elderly woman	woman's bedding					vn other_cos-45.4 «NP V NP.patient»: agent=Agent bedding=Patient

One row per clause the reader finds. «not said here»: a role filled from the clause above. «roles by»: a VerbNet class and frame when one fits the verb, else the reader's rules on the tree.

The options

Option 1 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer

To alert the persons upon the ice to the approaching storm

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	To	to	PART	_	2 alert	mark
2	alert	alert	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 persons	det
4	persons	person	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 alert	obj
5	upon	upon	ADP	_	7 ice	case
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 ice	det
7	ice	ice	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 alert	obl
8	to	to	ADP	_	11 storm	case
9	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	11 storm	det
10	approaching	approach	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	11 storm	amod
11	storm	storm	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 alert	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	alert speech: other	to-infinitive			the persons			upon the ice; to the approaching storm	vn advise-37.9 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent person=Recipient
2	approach	gerund							vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme

Option 2

To warn the sleeping villagers of a fire in the town

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	To	to	PART	_	2 warn	mark
2	warn	warn	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 villagers	det
4	sleeping	sleeping	ADJ	Degree=Pos	5 villagers	amod
5	villagers	villager	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 warn	obj
6	of	of	ADP	_	8 fire	case
7	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	8 fire	det
8	fire	fire	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 villagers	nmod
9	in	in	ADP	_	11 town	case
10	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	11 town	det
11	town	town	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 warn	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	warn speech: warn	to-infinitive		the sleeping villagers of a fire		the town			vn advise-37.9-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent villager=Recipient

Option 3

To call the angels to the frozen lake below the hill

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	To	to	PART	_	2 call	mark
2	call	call	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 angels	det
4	angels	angel	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 call	obj
5	to	to	ADP	_	8 lake	case
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 lake	det
7	frozen	freeze	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	8 lake	amod
8	lake	lake	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 call	obl
9	below	below	ADP	_	11 hill	case
10	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	11 hill	det
11	hill	hill	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 lake	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	call	to-infinitive		the angels	the frozen lake below the hill				vn manner_speaking-37.3 «NP V NP PP.recipient»: agent=Agent angel=Topic to lake=Recipient
2	freeze	participle							vn other_cos-45.4-1 «NP.patient V»: agent=Patient

Option 4

To attract the attention of the angel waiting at the gate of heaven for her

The tree, 15 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	To	to	PART	_	2 attract	mark
2	attract	attract	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 attention	det
4	attention	attention	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 attract	obj
5	of	of	ADP	_	7 angel	case
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 angel	det
7	angel	angel	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 attention	nmod
8	waiting	wait	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	7 angel	acl
9	at	at	ADP	_	11 gate	case
10	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	11 gate	det
11	gate	gate	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 waiting	obl
12	of	of	ADP	_	13 heaven	case
13	heaven	heaven	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 gate	nmod
14	for	for	ADP	_	15 her	case
15	her	she	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 attract	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	where	other	roles by
1	attract	to-infinitive		the attention of the angel		for angel	vn lure-59.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent attention=Patient
2	wait	gerund	the angel not said here		the gate of heaven		vn exist-47.1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme at gate=Location
3	attend		the angel				nom attention «cognition intransitive»: of=agent

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